u u $HE BIASINGS 0 GOVERNMENT, LIKE THE DEWS OF HEAVEN, SHOULD BE DISTRIBUTED ALIKE UPON THE HIGH AND THE 1.0X7, T5IE RICH AND THE POOR. 7 $ SERIES. EBENSBURG, MAjRGH 10, U358. VOL. 5. NO 17. SJt. ; t TAB I., T. r. rim tr itv lr off :end"s t brancn ran re d to an f.rm tl i)El'4 a ally H i.lrr th ;hlorin s widl?t GER itgo .'j every Wednesday Morning at , iolHrart FKty Cents per y DOLLAR. SEYEXTT-nrX CTS. l n P''" w1'11 months, and TWO DOLLARS iV.itu tn terminauou 01 me 3 car. will be taken lor a shorter and no subscriber will be iitimie his papr until all except at the option ot ar-thc f tot V'. . - . i. ...in v.. ,u:riVu l. ,.v .Tenths ''f rP?.-.:i subscribing for six months will be v.0t !-" J Advertising JKatew. 0,K insert n. Tteo do. Three do 12 lines J4 !ine ot! lines :,rc, fl2line '.jr1, line 1 1c!miiu., i; CI"""!11' . 1. i v A',1 a J r'.i mnt sin $ 50 $ 75 .$1 00 1 00 1 00 2 Oo i 50 'i oo a oo 3 nvmths. 0 do. 12 do l 50 3 00 $5 00 J 50 4 50 0 00 4 00 7 00 V2 f'O 6 00 9 00 14 00 10 00 12 00 20 00 15 Oo '12 00 So Oo n.f l .1 .? i-lr kit ii'itli f .: ... . i 1 . .1 ...:n l nUS'.i.H-'f i'I in vTllous ursircu, r im w ,11 until forbid, and chared accordingly. uf Political. C GREEN. SPEECH OK ES HON. JAMES ON THE ADjIIION OF KAN S A3. , 1,1 thr I'nitfl Stit .Snf', ,VvA i;Rtr- lr I'reh'nit-nt, tlio bill brfjre Mrste is in the uual form of bills admit S'str. w'uliout onj peculiaritj ni.t iroairc jut extended -v.- 1 et dcMnci ti'le and cxplaijtion. 1 1 1 t- be accouipusr.ra is to be to admit the State of 'xaa uito the L uion as onu of the s-jverc I'c vi ii'i"1 '.'onfedcracj. J lie bill is -ika'.c-l pon a i-tatcof facts embolicd and 'wA.-i w'" report of ihe Committee on ' ... r . ..r..:.. v;u rtnion. se ircip jui3 ij nig ,.:a rutin; tnem selves, and rt-nuer any fafarMr.' ariumi.nt . r anv r xtuil.-d explan- ;fia. ''i'7Iv unnecrs-arv ludeed, so far an- . . rf" . 1 . TIT 1 f-iifli .:i:ceined: 1 sh-nil no perieciij wuiuiz ' - Im.l l!ia nn-SliiU lO tllO DrcBflit iuljlc- T j . 4 V w ; V- vsiof ih SonaK. Th-re are those, how- j r, ii'j.iKo.l ii ir, wii'i ni.uiu kois.u 11 p--. i). rn'W unkind not to eive them h.ii bail gone tmt over fifteen uiiles, and had it sent to hiru by the firt mail that went out. , 1 am tniB as l mot;ghc, out of extreme conr ; tey. I kqo'w a am Bomctimcs censured for 1 l".e 'stre.es to which I go on that subject, j btill. think I did right then. ' Having done so, to allow these caroled and laise statements to go out that we violated a jrrconiciits took him by surprise, and perpe trated a fraud, is an injustice under which I am not willing to labor, or to submit to. . That Senator was ready on Thursday morning, he was not only ready but he had. sent on a copy of this report six hours before the Commhtee met, and yet when the Committee did meet he voted against making report on that day. I do not think we perpetrated any very seri- ator from Vermont. That, too, is comment ed upon. The reason of it was that he an nounced that his report was ready. Mr. Douglass With tho permission of the Scnator.frotn Missouri, I should like to put niyaelf rijrLt on this point, if he has said all he intends Vo say on it. Mr. (ireen Yes.-sir. Mr. Douglass On the Tuesday to which that Senator refers, the question arose wheth er we should or should not be able to rpport on Thursday. 1 stated that I did not be lieve it would be possible for me to be ready at that time, and I rcfered to tho circumstan ces that had prevented my attendance at the Senate, and ha l kept me up for many pre ceding nights. I said that I was worn out, and did not believe it waa possible to go through the mental labor and bo ready at that time, bat thst by Monday I should be, and that I would guarantee that the Committee might report then, if ntcknoss or any other cause should prevent rue from being ready I e fore Monday Yti agreed that we would m-et on Thursday, and read over our reports 9' far an they might be completed. I 6tated thai I thought that I could have my argu ment blocked out, but still I should wishHo go over and revise it, and bo ready by Mon- dav to make a report. My understandins i waen we scpaiaua was n at we ware not to re port until Monday. I so Mated to all whe aiked n c, that wc should meot on Thursday i to road what we had prepared, but not to I make a report until Monday. It is true, I 1 received the notice from tho Senator, as he statjs, on the evening of Tuesday. Mr. Collamer I'loae iUte that notice Mr. Douglass I will state it. Mr. (ireen 1 requested you to get a copy of it. . . . - Mr.' Douglas I know; hut T could not lay mv band on it. I bolii-ve I recollect the 1 1 vas "It is the unanimous opia- utiissailed and it would upertTOyatn n old3 r1' .;cit(. ' iii'tificalien for tii.ir speeches, by -"prin rcriisrKF; ana i uiorciora a.-ii . r!f rf ihe prrht-nt c tcafion to do so more , ffi.;i re to tltnc' who dobire to reply to j t i!if.i: f::m i-y y icdi'iu on n.y part to occu- i i:np!e tiii.mcrit of time of the Senate. ! :rui.t I nhall ru-ver ahfiuk from duty or N-fipi'isibilit; nd if duty demand? of tntubkc any exp!ana'i"n of the report fur r than it rxplniiis: itslC; I am ready to do lut 1 do ma conceive it be necessary. indnunafEailed; the l-adiug controlling i Mated in it cannot bo f uccesrfully cou rted, though pome of them have b-en -Jed. in publication, not by authority, but jd.apc ef minority virws I say they ,(.n bnt I Htill think tho pnsi- a'5urr).'d bv the rcp rt of the committee j looK I1KC a : to add anything to ! hi b-e sii I in that report, i may nr. be permitted, on the present ccca 5, ton akoa p'r-onal rxplanation; and I do ause I do not like to obtrude myself on Senate, except wheu I legitimately have floor for achate . find in the New York Trihune some very (re Ftiictures and some very false sUtc ntp with regard to the action of the Coir.- tee on torntones. It is asaumcd tint the ma ty of the committee made a posativc proai- to the Senator from Illinois the Senator Vermont ont to report until the succeed Monday after tLe teprt was actually w-, but that, in violation of this agree- ont. tV.c reDort was was precinita-lv hurried 'oui. and these gentlemen were compell- o present their views without havtng a "opportunity, in violation of the agreement. e this oocasion to utate what the under diup wag Qn Monday the committee nd I was not quite ready with the ma- 'jrer,ort. e had been at worK on it. !id not succeeded in completing it, ii I had just Kdded the Iatt words of the raft. 1 desired to have it copied. I 'Cfa urged to be ready. I desired a meet - the succeeding Tuesday. On Tues-'-a committee met. My report was J. tlo Senator from Vermout had his );tlie Senator from Illinois paid he was r-ly. and he asked for a postponement. that we should have a meeting on :ky, and he would, if he possibly could, 'nly on. Thursday, hut he asked no ex- of time beyond Monday, even if he l'lnot be ready on Thursday The Sen. 'from Vermont made this remark iniroe "That is like the old preacher giv- ' W-1 notice of his sermon 'I will preach V'ednesday. the Lord willing, but on ;l7 whether or no." Laughter. 1 that nutter here, because it will bring uniBtances to mind,, showing thia, tho :t U1 he made on Thursday, if possible Monday, whether or no. The major- tn committee assembled together, and the matter over . There was no K'v P08tPonenQent to Thursday, when it ready if possible. : AVe - resolved ' would, if fto.-sihle. renort oa Thurs- , I fcticiulatu ihr Senator from Illinois, . - ni'juu luiitt upon aenort on inai uote, aiier he words. ion. Mr. Green "Desiro." Mr Douglass "Desire of tho majority of tho Committee on Territories" underscoring the word 'unanimous' "to report fiually ou Thursday morning" underscoring the word "finally" L deem it proper to give you thisnetio.e, ttiat you may not be taken by surprise." 1 think those are abcut the pre cise" words. Mr. Green Very nearly. Mr. Douglas 1 saw at once that a change had taken place miico tho adjournment of tho Committee that day urt, it was t lie unani mous opinion of the majority; second, they "were to report "finally" on Thursday, th$ word "finally" underscored; third, the notice was given to me that I might not be taken by surpri.ti 1 think it is very clear that this would not have been necessary, unless it had been the understanding of the Committee that very day that we wero not to report until :lon laj Mr. Green Do you Fay it was the under standing not to report until Monday? Mr. Douglas It wns mv understanding that we should not be able to report on Thurs day, and I so stated when I came out of the committee room, to all persons who enquired of me. That wns my understanding; others have tlndr understanding, I do not under stand it for anybody but myself. I was ask ed if I could be ready by that time. I stated that I did not believe it was 'possible for mo to be ready then. I said I would bo ready, if possible; but I did not suppose it would be possible. On receiving this notice from the Senator, I went to work and labored night aud day. I was at work on Tuesday night, and until about -i o'clock en Wednesday mor ning. Agaiu on Wednesday night, and un til betweeu three and four o'clock on Thurs day morning, when I stopped wri'iog. I was not able to read it over to see if there were incongruities or not; for I had not time to re- mi . 1 1 t r 11 1 vise if mere were iwocierKs. who louoweu me with each sheet as I wrote it; and between three and four o'clock in the morning of Thursday, I stopped, The re,a-el.ovever, three or four points omitted, that I had intended to discuss; aud the report was left unfinished. I had worn myself out by writing a day and two nights constantly, without more than three hours' sleep, till I could not bear the fa tigue; aud I closed there, and said to those clerks, '?I must send this; det it go in its rough state, if I cannot be permitted to revise it." I did want to read it over, and revise it. I did desire also to discuss one or two other points that were not noticed in the report. I stopped several pages short of where I in tended to stop in the report, because of the no tice from the Senator from Missouri. Ir. re gard to the article of which he speaks, I have j not 6een it. 1 know not what it contains. When I came out . of the committee room, I stated these facts in regard to the under- me if I was not: ready. That being the cise I brought my report to a conclusion, submit ted it imperfect as it was, and allowed a clerk to follow me sheet by sheet, and take a copy for the press at the same time that I wrote it; hut I had no - time to run it over, and read it over a;ain; and heiroe it went in the imperfect condition ia which it was before the committee. Mr. Green Mr. President-, there is not much difference in the statement of facts be tween the Senator from Illinois, and myself, except oa one point: his- understanding was that wa should report on Monday; the mere relation of the anecdote repeated by the Sen ator from Vermont disproves it. It was that we would report, if possible on Thursday, but if not possible, on Monday anyhow That was really the agreement My note to him was extremely guarded. I did not say it was resolved by a majority; I did not say it waa the opinion of the majority; but it was ' tha desire." It was to hurry hi u, if possible and if he could not be realy, we should take no advantage of him. He having gt ready, and sent off his report to tho Tribxint six hours before, still voted against presenting it to the Senate, in order to have a chance to read it over and smooth it off. I wonder who could examine the proof-sheet at tho Tribune office, of the copy which had already been sent, and smooth that off? But enough of this. I have made a statement sufficient to show that no unfairness was practiced towards the Senator. I know that we were more anxious to report to the Senate, and get the subject up before this body, than he was; but I think he will do me the justice to say that I have extended to him evjry right that I would ask him to extend me under similar circumstan ces. The bill, however, is before us. I havo a substitute to propose for the entire bill. I will now merclv eivc notice of it; for, like the Senator, I desira to read it over, and see what it purports to be ; but I shall lay it on the ta bic before the Senator from Vermont, who is to follow me, gets through. I will state now its purport and object. It is for the admis sion of Kansas, as the bill before us is ; and, in. conjunction with it, for the admision of the State of Miuuesota The two being uni ted together, wc shall have the consideration of both at once, and see if we cannot progress and expedite the business that has heretofore retarded the other business ef the country. Now, Mr. President, why need I detain tho enate with any explanation in regard to tho po'siflbrj'Cr ' affair in tafiBaT?JTheSenator from Illinois, even on a motion affecting the priority of business, - has to travel so far out of his way to speak of Kansas, and . to speak of our actions as an attempt to force a Con stitution on her people against their wil'. It i . - - . !. 1 -1 . may dc his opinion cu ucuuucuaica to make a speech in opposition to it. or write a report iu opposition to it, let him use such eipressions if he chooses ; but to travel out of his way, and voluntarily to thrust before our attention expressions like hat, I take to be unpardonable. This is a Senate of equals I trust; equal States represented, aud equal men to maintain me nguis oi mejr lutpecuve States; aud I do not like to be characterized with a side blow, as attempting to exercise tyrannical power in t'orciug a Constitution on a people against their will. "It is a misappre hension of the power aud duty of Congress Congress forces no Constitution on Minneso ta : Congress imposes no Constitution upon Minnesota : Congress forces no Constiutiou upon the people ot Kansas ; Congress impo ses none upon them. Their constitutions are matters with themselves; and when presented here, we arc not adopting a constitution for either one of those two States, and nothing where, these difficulties will be perpetuated. Even so late as this morning, I received in formation of murders and assassinations led on by the party favoring opposition to the Le compton Convention and when the Senator from Massachusetts 'made his inquiry about the absence of officers there, I could hardly restrain myself from giviug him a little' pieee of information which I received this morning. General Whitfield is a Federal officer there This morning I heard the fact, and I state it in the Senata,. that he received notice from the Anti-LecoTntpton men to depart from the Territory or they would assassinate him. This migbt give some little reason to account for the absence of some of the Federal offi cers. :- . It is useless to cry peace, when there is no ; peace ; but there Is an easy way to solve this dimculty. As their boundaries arc not e ington counties have not a singlj inhabitant up to this hour. You include them in the nineteen, and tliey aie to swell this equality in the comparison of,registered and unregis tered votes. Not one single inhabitant thii day have these counties, nor did they evr have, according to my information. They were created at the close of the session of 1857. That fact wil be found in the volume of Kansas laws before me. if it is desired to look at it. Then several other counties were attached to other counties that were repre sented, aud had the privilege if they chose to make use of it. Weller county was attached to Shawnee ; Anderson aud Franklin coun ties had their officers driven off ly Abolition ists ; and Allen had attached to it Green wood, Hunter, Dorn. Wilson and Godfrey. fSee pace 1j of the statutes of 1855.) x- Ureekinridge county had attached to it W ise. is (See page 90, session acts of 1857.) So you cepuonacee, as ine Constitution presented is (See page yO, session actsot looi .) fco you repuDiican, as the population is sufficient, is j will discover that but tew districts were un it then a legal Constitution ? I say, yes. In j represented, that many counties were attach ed to those which were represented, aud that, whether this was so or not,4 only about one thousand four hundred and tweuty-thre votes could be mustered up in the counties which it is said were unrepresented, when under the loose, broad provisiou to which I have allu ded, double tho number Voted that possessed the regular qualification to be registered. These are facts. I am only stating them to counteract the false impression this loose statement is calculated to make on the public miud abroad, that nineteen counties were un represented, being half the Territory, This is uot correct ; the number is less than I have the first place, it emanated from the people I he people are the source of power in all government; but the people, although they are the source of power, cannot, except thro the forms of law and equality, exercise their power so as to make a constitution. It does not follow because the people are the source of power, that they can abrogate all the foiins of law. They can ouly exercise their power in and through the forms of law, and hence, iu the State of Kansas, the people directed the first vote to be taken. To place this in contrast with what the Senator -from Michi gan Mr. Stewart has said, will, I think, turn the scilc in favor of Kansas. Ho made use of thesa remarks . "The people of a Territory which is about to be formed iuto a State, have aright, and, so far as my examination has gone. Congress neter violated this right; to say in tho first place whether they desire to form a State government now or not. This has been uniformly decided. Mark, he aaya the people have a right to decide it. I make this broad assertion for I have, in the course of my examination ou this subject discovered nothing to the contrary that in no single instance, except iu Kansas, did the people first decido that question for them selves in the process of the change from a Territorial to a State organization. In Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and Minnesota, and all the I fuse to make use of that right, if law is to be .l (j. .... . i i i ti .1 . . r . i t -.i. j.i :r ritory could dictate to the Convection cu ere point, they tuijjit undertake to dictate as to other points; they might uudertake to tell them what the Constitution should L; and that weuld defeat ti e whole purpose of ap pealing to the people to elrcta Cons tituticn, in order to form a Constitution, It must emanate from the people, not the Legislature. They, however, deemed it proper to submit the slave question. It was submitted. I know that the views of the minority r present this submission as being unfair and unjust saying that each man was compelled to vote for the Constitution, and was not allowed to vote against the Constitution. This is incor rect; and it is a little surprising to me that the Senator from Illinois should so misunder stand the position of his own fiicnds. He quotes' largely from this subsequent action of the present dominant Tty in the Territoiial Legislature of Kansas. He trven sends up the preamble and resolutions passed by them; oue of which resolution disproves tho posi tion taken by that Senator, as well aa by the cenator from Vermont. It is this, "And whereas, tho members of faid Con vention have refused, to submit their action for the approval or disapproval ox" the votera of the Territory, and in thus acting have, defied the known will of nice tenths of the voters thereof.' , The complaint here is that they submitted it unfairly. The complaint there that they refused to submit it. They did not aubuiit it. The Constitution was finally adopted. .eve and except one clause that sanctioning African slavery. The article oi the tuTrject statsu it. Whether this, however. ..were bo I of slavery was submitted to a direct vote of or not. I say the law provided the legal means of registration. The law says the reg istration shall first be by the sheriff's, and in case of vacancy in that office, it shall be by the probate judge ; and in case cf vacancy of all these officers of the county, in the first instance, for tho discharge cf this duty the Governor has a rizht to appoint others. The then Governor of the Territory was not friendly to the party calling this Convention; ! and surely if th other ofiicera had declined i . the people. Here xct it be borne iu inird; that when the clause on the subject rf slavery was submitted to a vote of the people, it wae submitted to the whole people, whether they were registered under the registry law or not. There can be no complaint thut nine teen counties, having no inhabitants, were disfranchised at this vote; there can be no complaint that any individual in the Territory was disfranchised All had the unrestrained privilege of coming up aud giving utterance to act he had power to cause a full registra- to their thoughts and their wishes on thissub- tion of his friends by the appointment of his j jeot; and if any one did not cnoose to avail ' own partisans to perform the duty of registra- j himself of that privilege it is no reason why j tion ; but when the forms of law have given ; we should illegally uudertake to correct what them' the riht. aud they stand aloof and re- they have illegally been the cause of consum ing assumes that to be of vital importance. If so, Kansas, in that respect, has consulted the people more fairly (if it be more fair to con sult them in person than through their rep resentatives) than any other Territory ever did before. ! This source of power thus deciding in favor ' of a State organization, the form of law had to j be made use of to make it effective, equal, ! uniform aud just The form of law was there- fore given by the Territorial Legislature. their agents and representatives A convention wt 11-1 C n.GuAit Tit-ni-i ,1 1 ii .. .t. I C 1 mv. 1 1 .a .i.j. , u i iuiu iui liht Cl2ltJf VI : the voters, tor a census cf the people, and for the election of delegates to a convention to form a constitution. The registry was had. Complaints are now made that the registry is not fair. I have shown that nir.e thousand two hundred aud fifty-one votes were regis tered. I have shown that less than three thousand votes rcuiaiued unregistered. I have shown that the officers were driven out of some of tho. counties and prevented from executing the" law I have shown that the whole wrong iu the failure of a complete reg istration is with the anti-Lccompton party the" opposition to the adaiissiou of Kansas un- hut the most egregious error with regard to I der the Constitution adopted by the Con yen the political policy and constitutional rights j tion at J-iecompton. nfth Federal Government and the States! could lead oue into the use of such language. mating. It the men opposed to slavery have the majority, as thoy assert, they could have voted out slavery; but it seems to me there object waa to let it be voted in by the pro- other Sutes where thoy had enabling acts. ' respected, if the rule is to be regarded, if sye the enabling act said this preliminary ques- ! tern is to be consulted, we must turn a dea tion, as to whether they would have a State ! ear to the complaints of those, who, from organization or not, should be decided by the 1 thcir-own- wronc 6toai-hMiLand afterwards islaveryjarty, and then, ifposible, defeat the Convention" The '"Senator from Michieran ' ra' the erv of iniustice. ! whole Constitution, and keep up turmoil and r-J m " When this registration was completed the ! confusion, to answer tl.u ends of wild pecu Govornor of the Territory who was then Mr. j lation appealing to the fanaticism of the Kast. Stanton, mado the apportionment. This ap- j Speculation in Kansas, aided by fanatical o portionment, of courscwas fair. Ho would i cieties in tie Kast. the one feeding the other, hardly stultify jhims-lf, a id of course h's friends j is the mode of procedure on the part of this here will hardly take a position that would ! party in Kansas. be dishonorable to Mr" Stanton. I take it It is not my purpose and ol jeet to put a therefore to have been done honestly and i check to the legitimate speculation. 1 have fairly. The whole sixty members of the Convention were parceled out to the register ed counties and those attached to them. The election wns legally conducted; the members were legally elected; they assembled under leiral authority; they met in conventiou. ITr it ? K:iid that from Anderaon oonntv ', DODUlatlOO OU thenretext of excluding three members were elected aud sent up, and i and yet they will not exclude it when they were refused admission I answer, first uave tne power, but win Keep the question that the registration was not legal; second, if i open, this discloses the obj( no objection to it. What is done fairly without endangering the peace of the country and without it justice tj our fellow-eitizen ", 1, t it be done; but when town sites and the luca t" on t f cii it jIs of nea State a e to be parcdh cl out, and a wild furore is raised to rush i'n a slavery they Impose a constitution upon them r Adopt: Accept! These terms, too, have been false ly used in debate by Senators who know they are inapplicable to the subject, aud inappro priate to convey the proper idea. Constitu tions are presented ; States make application for admission. In ceding our sovereignty, giving our assent, will it be a State? If a State, is the Constitution republican ? These questions being answered, we neither approve or disapprove the Constitution ; we neither condemu, nor accept nor adopt ; we do not impose a Constitution upon that people in any case whatever. It ia important to keep this distinction be fore our minds in the discussion of this sub ject. If the constitutions of all tho States in the Federal Union should be brought before us to undergo our scrutiny, there would not b j one but would have some-provisions in it to condemn. But the Constitution of Kan sas republican. That is not controverted. With regard to the sufficiency of her popula tion to entitle her to a Stata organization, it is a conceded fact that the Constitution of the Federal Government stipulates no particular number. The ordinary practice of the Gov ernment is to have a population equal to the ratio of Representatives in he House of Rep resentatives ; but I believe it will not be con troverted that the population of Kansas is now sufficient to entitle her to a State organ ization. There are other reasons, strong and powerful and overwhelming, enough why, even if the population should not amount to the number of ninety-three thousand, we aho'd depart and relay from tho ordinary rule, for the sake of the harmony and peace of the These arc acts : but it is said, and said by the Senator from Illinois, and even by the the Senator from Vermont, Mr. Collamer, who is usually so very fair that I seldom have anything to do with bim except to differ in judgment, and not about facts, that nineteen counties were represented in the Convention, and nineteen unrepcrsented. I hold it to be the duty of Senators, iu the presentation of any case, not to make an impression to the prejudice of the true state of facts when they are drawn out When the remark is made it had been legal, Mr. Stanton had omitted that county iu parceling out tho representa tives, and tho law limiting tho number to sixty beyond that number it would be impos sible to go by the admission of other;s and, thirdly and finally, they were not refused ad mission. The application of -these delegates was presented by Judge Elmoro,' I believe; it was referred to a committee of five; they re ported in favor of admitting them, although the Convention act had limited the number to sixty; they subsequently withdrew their application, aud it was never passed upon by the Convention. , Thore wns no expulsion, no refusal of scats One other fact, as I am giving a historical j account of this matter, should not be over- i looked. The law provided that.aftcr the re gistry had been made, it should be copied, and put up in a number of public places in i each precinct. I he whole list, as made out by the officials, was open to public inspection; every man could go and examine it. If he "u'.ari'v wrote him standing that we should repott the next : country. Monday. I was coerced to report sooner, i It is uot, as the Senator from Illinois said, and I performed the duty as well as I could, j all peace and quiet in Kansaa now.r There The report was not exactly what I should j are strifes and contentions, there arc difficul wish it to have been. When the committee j ties that are enough to harrow up the feel proposed to repoit, I voted against it.. Be- lings of the human soul. There are perplex ing outvoted, I submitted, of course, as I itiea bescttiug them on every hand; andwtth was compelled to do. I saw, too (what I did . out some action which will give them , an,or r,r.f tnrtK. ,..v , tliiit n new member of the ' iranism of their own . and prevent' a reliance ......... .....v . , - -- . .1 c . - I ... , -!- s to be on external aid, eitaer irom .Masacuu; committee haa been aipoiuted, so sure ty Iihvo s majority -that- could - over's ule Misfuri, fa Federal Government, , or etH, simply. that nineteen comities were reprcsen- j himself was omitted,. he had a right to go be ted, and niuettcu unrepresented, what would , the public think ? , That half were unrepre sented ; but that is not so. Of all the votes in the Territory, less than three thousand were not registered. The counties not regis tered, and the counties not represented, con tain less than fifteen hundred votes. I state that in the report of the majority, and I ad here to it, for it is true. If you will take the list of counties in which no registration was had, aud compare it even with the last vote returned ou the 4th cf Jan uary, you will find there were only one thous and four hundred and twenty-three in all of them together. Oh that occasion there was a difforeut elective franchise for voting no residence was required ; the requirement was simply that they should be bona fide inhabi tants, including citizens and aliens; whereas under the Conveniion law, under which this registration was made, the persons registered must be citizens of the United States, and they must have their residence in the Terri tory from the 15th of March preceding. For the election of the 4th of January no qualification was required, except simply the fact of residence ; you required them to be inhabitants ; you did not even require them to be citizens of the United States, owing al legiance to our government ; you let all in. and with this iucrease brought to Tifoll "Vour numbers, you got but one' thousand four hun dred and twenty-three votes in these counties. ? Thus I say. whatever wrong was done re sulted from the miseonduct of the opposition; abedhd, that wrong is magnified by represen ting so many counties. : Why, sir, I assert h're to flv that Clav, Dickinson and Wasb- iect with which the whole movement was undertaken, to wit: to fan tho flames of excitement for political ends for pecuniary reward, for. speculation. To accomplish this, Gov Walker says they could not succeed simply by appealing" to the opm mou sense and judgment of the people; TbuV they had hired mercenaries sent out there; When the legal authoritias have extruded t!id privilege of voting, of registering, of eting; of deciding, even to mercenaries; when they have had that privilege, and, by tbe'dTc'ta tion of their superiors, did not exercise it; shall we Btay our action and perpetrate a still greater wrong? I trust not. It has been said, however, that the vota of the 4th of January for State officers remain? yet in doubt. Why, Mr. President. I sho'd like to see the Senator who would rite in his place and say before the cotlntry that we have a right here, individually or collectively, to inquire what the vote cf any State is for its State officers. Where is the man who will give utterance to such a fallacy as that? He cannot be found. Why, thou, make a com plaint over a subject with which you have nothing to do ? The vota cn the 4th of Jan uary, on the Constitution was on illegal vote. Why? The Constitution was perfect, coin pletc before. Can tho Legislatures of Ne 1 ork, I ennsylvania. or Virginia, annul their Constitutions by submitting them to a vote of the people? They cannot. If the pri6'r steps of the Lecomptou Constitution be bin-Ting, be legal, be such as we can sanction bj admitting them into the Union, all the pro ceediugs subsetiuent to the 21st of Decem ber U;r, wheu it was completed, are null 'and void It is, however, said that the Vofe on tho 21st of December was au illegal Vote. It li eai 1 in the statement of the Senator from tllt uois; and hu say it is illegal for two reasons; one is. because tho Territorial Legislature, or the 17th, had passed a law postponing it Could the Teiri'orial Legislature ori the 17t& interfere with the people? A convention of delegates is equal to the peoplo. and it i just the same as if the people themselves were- acting- They act not in their own nime, they act as mereagentrt. The people cunnot be interfered with by. a legislature. The people had delegated specie! authority to the Con yention. No sjascqueiu proceeding can ainul it. until it i exhausted in its existence. Then subsequent. -proceedings my. be inatitttted, growing out of the like 'autbontv; 'cdnducted. in like.crd.'rly, leg! n Vinerj "for ehan' t that Constitution. That ia another. 4 Hut his oYrVr ; t. l ,.."4I gation; it was a matter for ihe Convention tp ! cn Convention uad no rbht ' consider; and, as 1 have bcretoioro said- 1 turn law. . 1 h.td sumiosed ' fore a court, prove the fact, and have his name inserted. If any man was improperly lrsted, who ought not to be listed, who was not entitled to rights under tho law, on " proof of that fact before tho court, his name would be stricken off. For one whole month there was an open court in every county where they desired to avail themselves of the benefits of this law. So far as I have examined, I have never teen a law that made moro ample pro visions for fairness, for justice, for equal- tty. . ; As to the manner iu which it was executed, of course we have differences of opinion; but the law itself was good and just. The Con vention, then, when it met, formed the Con stitution; they adopted it for themselves; they submitted it uot to the vote of the people for ratification It will be remembered that one of the causes of complaiut against the Con vention is. that they did not submit the Con stitution to the popular vote. When tho Con vention act was passed, Governor .Geary ve toed the bill, because it did not require the the Convention to submit the Constitution to a popular vote. Ileneo the public were no tified; the public knew what to expect. It is of no use to tell me that the Convention was under any obligation to submit the Con stitution to a popular vote, for the facts and the law are directly to the contrary. Gover nor Geay had vetoed it, and yet two thirds of both Houses passed it over his veto. What had tho people a right to expect from this; 1 be Convention waa under no obh ae liccorcp repeat, it the legislative authority of the Ter i. j iiou .j part an ee. .t was every Soia(or here; -V- - - !CMAk"' ir.. H-. rv rvT r .r C 00 oR
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